The process for obtaining copyright registration for a collection of works is generally similar to standard copyright registration procedures. When copyrighting a collection you need to show that your ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled copyright owners must register their copyrights before filing a lawsuit for copyright infringement. The decision resolves a conflict between certain federal appeals ...

Technically, any work that can be copyrighted is copyrighted as soon as that work is fixed in a tangible medium. However, copyright registration provides important benefits, such as the ability to ...

In a unanimous decision this month, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a copyright claimant cannot sue for infringement until the U.S. Copyright Office has granted or ...

On May 29, 2020, the Ninth Circuit continued the trend of courts more closely scrutinizing the plaintiff’s compliance with registration formalities in copyright infringement lawsuits. Registration ...

Late last week, the U.S. Copyright Office released guidance around the copyrightability of work created in whole or in part by artificial intelligence systems ...

Judd Lauter, who helped his client get a copyright registration for a creative work comprising of AI-generated parts, explains how his team obtained the registration Law firm Cooley has revealed how ...

Although a work is automatically protected by copyright when it is fixed in a tangible medium of expression, under the Copyright Act, an owner must register her works ...